Resource Index – FOSS Git Repository and NPM Package Index
Resource Index (res-index) is a searchable index for development resources, including github repo and npm packages. Why yet another index? In short, the search functionality on google and github are unsatisfied. This project aim to build a better alternative and potentially improve google's search result. What's the actual problem I'm facing? Sometime I want to search for a npm package but google cannot return that result even after I added "npm", "github", or even the combination of exact author username and package name. Similarly, it's sometime hopeless to search for a non-popular package…
In plain words
Resource Index is a searchable database of GitHub repositories and NPM packages designed to address limitations in standard search engines. Developers can search for npm packages and open-source projects more effectively than through Google or GitHub's built-in search, particularly for less popular or niche packages. The tool indexes development resources to provide better discoverability when traditional search methods fail to return relevant results, even with specific queries including package names, authors, or exact URLs.
written from the facts on this page · September 2026
From the sources
In the maker’s words, at launch
Resource Index (res-index) is a searchable index for development resources, including github repo and npm packages. Why yet another index? In short, the search functionality on google and github are unsatisfied. This project aim to build a better alternative and potentially improve google's search result. What's the actual problem I'm facing? Sometime I want to search for a npm package but google cannot return that result even after I added "npm", "github", or even the combination of exact author username and package name. Similarly, it's sometime hopeless to search for a non-popular package by name on github if you cannot recall the author's username. Sometime google can not show the corresponding npm page but instead shows it on "socket.dev" or "snyk.io". Pasting the exact npm url in subsequence search doesn't seem effective at hinting google to index the pages. This project aim to actively index some github repositories and npm packages to enable more inclusive searching. In addition, this project try be SEO-friendly. Hopefully, it can improve google's search result overtime. Source Code: https://github.com/beenotung/res-index
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